Monthly Archives: October 2010
Reading list for techies
Inspired by the Atlantic Monthly Tech Canon, books every technie ought to have read, I have volunteered to put together a reading list for computer science students. This is not a list of textbooks but a list of more general … Continue reading
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What is complexity?
I’m part of the LSCITS project where LSCITS stands for ‘Large Scale Complex IT Systems’ and we have been having discussions about what is meant by ‘complexity’. Some argue that the term complexity should be reserved for complex adaptive systems, … Continue reading
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The Shallows, Nick Carr
I’ve just finished reading The Shallows, by Nick Carr which is his latest book after The Big Switch, which ‘sold’ cloud computing. This book has quite a different tone from the technological optimism of the Big Switch – here, Nick … Continue reading
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